By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The things that make for frightmares this time of year lacked the same chilling effect at the old Trappist monastery in Northern Utah where I spent…
Posts published in October 2026
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– This autumn, I spent twenty-four hours in the lovely little town of Rexburg, Idaho. The short but enjoyable one day trip inspired the following twenty four…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Each autumn, my Jewish friends observe the High Holy Days by blowing a ram’s horn called a shofar, celebrating a new year during Rosh Hashanah, and…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Autumn 2026 brought me a once-in-a-lifetime sight. For one of the few times in almost one hundred years, the small fake but loved lake near my…